The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

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The Hunger Games world is no country for glamorous women
Despite its female hero, The Hunger Games constantly depicts the conventional trappings of femininity as decadent, weak and dangerous. Warning: spoilers

Noah Berlatsky

30, Nov, 2015 @3:00 PM

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How The Hunger Games staged a revolution
It was always an unlikely Hollywood franchise: the story of a feminist hero trapped in a dystopian capitalist nightmare. But its message of rebellion and revolution has gone round the world and grossed billions. As its fans explain, the odds were ever in its favour

Danny Leigh

18, Nov, 2015 @7:19 PM

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Room for some more? First trailer for final Hunger Games movie arrives
Jennifer Lawrence’s franchise-ending adventure, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, sees the Oscar winner fight back against the Capitol

Benjamin Lee

09, Jun, 2015 @4:30 PM

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The Homer Games: Mockingjay director to tackle The Odyssey
The director, the writer and the producer of the latest in the The Hunger Games franchise have been hired to bring the Greek epic to the screen

Benjamin Lee

09, Apr, 2015 @8:26 AM

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Will The Hobbit spark social revolution?
Letters: The appeal of The Lord of the Rings films lay in the courage that people saw in the small characters who made a difference despite their size

Letters

07, Apr, 2015 @7:56 PM

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Jennifer Lawrence set to take plunge on The Dive with Hunger Games director
Actor in talks to reunite with Francis Lawrence on James Cameron’s romantic drama about two real-life freedivers

Ben Child

19, Jan, 2015 @12:22 PM

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The Maze Runner and the blight of 'Young Adult' movies
The latest movie franchise to pander to teenagers’ sense of anguish is a weak new entry into an already overcrowded genre

John Patterson

06, Oct, 2014 @4:59 AM

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 will need all J-Law’s superpowers
If the new trailer is anything to go by, the final instalments will need Arena-style tech to overcome the source material, writes Ben Child

Ben Child

19, Sep, 2014 @6:30 AM

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How The Riot Club's Sam Claflin became a Buller boy
The fast-rising British actor talks privilege, poshing up and why The Hunger Games is a valuable political allegory

Alex Godfrey

13, Sep, 2014 @5:00 AM

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Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort boss movie section of Teen Choice awards
Stars of Divergent and The Fault in Our Stars clean up in both action and drama categories of the awards show that attracted over 160m votes

Ben Child

11, Aug, 2014 @1:42 PM

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Comic-Con trailer paradise for Hollywood's 2014 movie blockbusters

Glimpses of the new Hobbit and Hunger Games, along with Sin City 2 and Horns were among studio hopefuls on offer to comic-book fans at the San Diego convention, reports Ben Child

Ben Child

29, Jul, 2014 @4:03 PM

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How the Hunger Games salute is fighting oppression in Thailand

Ryan Gilbey: The three-fingered salute has become a gesture of solidarity and defiance in Bangkok, just as in Panem

Ryan Gilbey

02, Jun, 2014 @1:57 PM

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